<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gord</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, stainless wire will stretch a little, so I was
told by a rigging company. Not much, probably not 1.5 inches, but
some. It may not actually be stretch, but a more 'firmer' seating of the
wires together under load. If you have STA LOK or Norsemen fittings, there
is also some small amount of setting that occurs there under load. My new
backstays seemed to get about 1/4 inch longer over the first couple months after
they were installed, then they stabilized.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob Chambers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>